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I'll admit I did read between the lines in your comment. I see I was incorrect that you were alluding to the supernatural in your parent post.
Regardless, all the topics you're talking about can be investigated scientifically. Human cognition is an incredibly complex system, as is human psychology. At the macro scale, economics and politics are similarly complex systems.
Regardless, the explanations for all of human psychology comes from biological origins, which can be studied scientifically. We have uncovered some (partial) "truths" about all of the above, but complex systems require complex models and detailed observations, so of course science doesn't have a definitive answer to everything.
Still, I reject that the social sciences should be dismissed as "un-scientific" just because they aren't concrete. (Not saying that's what you're saying, btw, just rejecting the absolute stance along that spectrum.)
As for all comments on my belief system, that's fine that my beliefs don't make sense to you. I am comfortable with my gnosticism and I'm not trying to convert anyone.